Why Symbols Aren’t Forever
The shifting status of cultural symbols reveals a lot about who we are and what we value.
Why Symbols Aren’t Forever
Culture
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Do Guns Possess the Power to Change Us?
A story of three deaths in Haiti has a lesson to teach the U.S.
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Tax Season Woes Have Complex Roots
From Bolivia to the U.K. to Sweden, how people perceive their financial relationship with the state depends on everything from local culture—and history—to what the taxes and benefits are called.
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Offshoring Responsibility for Asylum-Seekers
Australia’s offshore detention and asylum processing centers on Manus and Nauru islands have elicited global criticism—and praise. Will they become the new model for other nations?
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Japan’s Wartime Past Looms Large Over Militarization Efforts
A community's memories are shaping its resistance to the Japanese government's plan to build a new defensive missile system.
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Recuerdos de la mujer que fue mi segunda madre en Cuba
Tras la muerte de su amiga y quien fuera su niñera en Cuba, una antropóloga reflexiona sobre los regalos que intercambiaron durante décadas de encuentros en La Habana, en medio de los cambios culturales y económicos que ocurrían en la isla.